Weather Records on 27 May 2012

1,475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 2012. Highest significance: Lima, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 2012

On 27 May 2012, 1,475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
882 were record highs and 335 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 106 monthly and 1,369 daily.
Lima set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 27 May 2012.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

1,475 stations

1,475 station records on 27 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Foxboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond Trail	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Isle 12N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tony Grove Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiber Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,475 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 498, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 384, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 27 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	498
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	384
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 27 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 106, daily 1,369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,081 broken records

Margins by which the 1,081 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 2012

Top 20 records on 27 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 2012	Lima, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Paul 1ENE, US	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2012	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Aurangabad Chikalth, IN	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	119 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Brainerd, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Joplin, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Mayville, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Foxboro, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Gull Lake Dam, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Chisos Basin, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Fairfield, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2012	Spencer, US	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1797 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2012. 2012 had 1,475 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-27 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1817	1
1818	1
1834	2
1836	4
1839	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	3
1868	4
1869	1
1874	1
1876	1
1879	3
1880	5
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1891	2
1892	8
1893	5
1894	13
1895	4
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	4
1901	7
1902	12
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	28
1907	23
1908	16
1909	7
1910	31
1911	53
1912	27
1913	19
1914	92
1915	63
1916	26
1917	23
1918	39
1919	38
1920	40
1921	56
1922	36
1923	86
1924	92
1925	291
1926	107
1927	183
1928	81
1929	195
1930	99
1931	367
1932	265
1933	284
1934	393
1935	128
1936	468
1937	298
1938	492
1939	312
1940	138
1941	436
1942	657
1943	160
1944	479
1945	272
1946	424
1947	485
1948	324
1949	366
1950	697
1951	578
1952	258
1953	603
1954	367
1955	571
1956	491
1957	367
1958	619
1959	449
1960	421
1961	1,504
1962	460
1963	421
1964	317
1965	652
1966	398
1967	492
1968	605
1969	850
1970	326
1971	612
1972	508
1973	943
1974	630
1975	404
1976	589
1977	663
1978	814
1979	899
1980	644
1981	891
1982	838
1983	1,253
1984	834
1985	873
1986	696
1987	1,037
1988	777
1989	904
1990	804
1991	1,429
1992	1,413
1993	835
1994	848
1995	815
1996	1,378
1997	919
1998	1,079
1999	876
2000	1,347
2001	898
2002	511
2003	918
2004	838
2005	1,094
2006	1,171
2007	886
2008	914
2009	858
2010	955
2011	1,055
2012	1,475
2013	607
2014	835
2015	537
2016	622
2017	541
2018	1,355
2019	960
2020	906
2021	414
2022	653
2023	405
2024	904
2025	761
2026	1,185

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-05-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,072
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1